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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
Sallust
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Sallust
Ancient Roman Historian
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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